Mr. Fu Lei carefully selected 14 must-read Balzac masterpieces for Chinese readers. It is an introductory book for understanding Balzac! After reading it four or five times and revising six or seven drafts, Fu Lei devoted twenty years of effort to translating "The Collected Works of Balzac"!
Hugo: "There is a lot of truth, kindness, homeliness, triviality, and vulgarity here. However, sometimes by suddenly tearing the surface, the various realities are fully revealed, and people can immediately see the gloomy and tragic ideals." "When it comes to greatness among French novelists, Balzac should be mentioned first." This set of "Lei's Translation of Balzac" "Collection" contains 14 works carefully selected for Chinese sellers by Mr. Fu Lei, a leading figure in the field of French translation. These works are not only "excellent works more suitable for Chinese readers of Balzac", but also "Barshenck novels familiar to general French literary and art lovers". It can be said to be an introductory book for understanding Balzac! Fu Lei began to translate "Alpe Savaron" in 1944 and completed the translation of "Mao'er Playing Numbers" in 1965, which took 20 years. He said to himself: "If you want to translate a favorite work, you have to read it four or five times before you can remember the plot and story thoroughly, analyze it thoroughly, make the characters as vivid as the present, and slowly reveal the subtle meaning hidden in the lines of words."
Fu Lei's translation needs to be revised at least 6 or 7 times from the first draft to the final version. "Old Man Goriot" has been retranslated three times. "Collection of Balzac's Works Translated by Fu Lei" includes: "Petro Goriot", "Colonel Chabe", "Honorine", "Confinement", "Alpe Savaron", "Eugénie Grandet", "Usure Miloët", "The Curate of Tours", "Biseland", "The Stirring Woman", "Disillusionment", "Auntie Bence", "Uncle Bangs" and "The Rise and Fall of Cesar Pirodo".
Reader comments
Life is limited, knowledge is limited, and experience is limited. We can only experience different lives from great works, explore the unfathomable human nature, visit all kinds of people, attend a splendid dance party full of guests, be happy and excited with the protagonist, suffer and sad together, work hard together, pray and wish together... Every time you read a book, it is an extraordinary journey of life. Books enrich my heart, delight my mood, and accompany me through countless quiet moments. I love reading, especially classics.
"Balzac's Collection" uses the Vauquer apartment in "Petro Goriot" as an anatomical table to dissect the cancerous cells of the July Dynasty. Fu Lei's translation is like an operating lamp, refining the sound of the old man's gold coins in "Eugénie Grandet" and Lucien's story of the scholar's decline in "Disillusionment" into the image of the French spirit under the Chinese texture. When Rastignac looked at the lights of Paris and swore, when Vautrin's prison clothes contained moral admonitions, Balzac's laboratory of human nature had issued a diagnosis for capitalist civilization. The nine volumes reconstruct the pathological universe of "The Human Comedy" like a jigsaw puzzle - Grandet's miser's pupils, Goriot's paternal tragedy, and Aunt Bessie's jealous venom are all the most accurate specimens of desire in the Gilded Age. Fu Lei's translation is as polished as gold and stone, allowing the copper odor and tears on the banks of the Seine to imprint eternal human inscriptions on the Chinese bronze tripod.
These works he carefully selected allow us to see the various aspects of French society and feel the complexity of human nature. The storyline is fascinating and the characters are vivid, making you immersed in it. The quality of the translation cannot be overemphasized. The text is beautiful and smooth, and it is a real pleasure to read. Highly recommended to friends who like literature!
Life is limited, knowledge is limited, and experience is limited. We can only experience different lives from great works, explore the unfathomable human nature, visit all kinds of people, attend a splendid dance party full of guests, be happy and excited with the protagonist, suffer and sad together, work hard together, pray and wish together... Every time you read a book, it is an extraordinary journey of life. Books enrich my heart, delight my mood, and accompany me through countless quiet moments. I love reading, especially classics.
"Balzac's Collection" uses the Vauquer apartment in "Petro Goriot" as an anatomical table to dissect the cancerous cells of the July Dynasty. Fu Lei's translation is like an operating lamp, refining the sound of the old man's gold coins in "Eugénie Grandet" and Lucien's story of the scholar's decline in "Disillusionment" into the image of the French spirit under the Chinese texture. When Rastignac looked at the lights of Paris and swore, when Vautrin's prison clothes contained moral admonitions, Balzac's laboratory of human nature had issued a diagnosis for capitalist civilization. The nine volumes reconstruct the pathological universe of "The Human Comedy" like a jigsaw puzzle - Grandet's miser's pupils, Goriot's paternal tragedy, and Aunt Bessie's jealous venom are all the most accurate specimens of desire in the Gilded Age. Fu Lei's translation is as polished as gold and stone, allowing the copper odor and tears on the banks of the Seine to imprint eternal human inscriptions on the Chinese bronze tripod.
These works he carefully selected allow us to see the various aspects of French society and feel the complexity of human nature. The storyline is fascinating and the characters are vivid, making you immersed in it. The quality of the translation cannot be overemphasized. The text is beautiful and smooth, and it is a real pleasure to read. Highly recommended to friends who like literature!